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ECOLODGE DESIGN & PLANNING Lisa Kivirist & John Ivanko Inn Serendipity, co-authors of Rural Renaissance & Renewing the Countryside

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast • Hobby Farm, or Farmette • Two room B&B, plus other businesses managed from home office – Use power of Internet, computers, changing business climate

• Outside Monroe, Wisconsin • 5.5 acres on ridge

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast ECOpreneuring … mimics or harvests nature while thriving in a restoration economy.

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Food Systems

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Energy Systems - conservation & efficiency - renewable energy

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Living Systems - clean air, water, soil - natural building, green design

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“Right Livelihood”

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast Design & Planning Considerations •

Retrofit

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Renovate

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Re-use materials, local – Embodied energy

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Restore and preserve

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Nature-based materials

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Zero waste

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Affordable – Not just evaluate cost to build, but cost to operate

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Everything is interconnected

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast Design & Planning Considerations • Net zero carbon emissions • Net energy producer • Reuse more materials than dispose of • Break fossil fuel addiction • Guests are sometimes material suppliers Business is tool for ecological restoration

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast Living Systems: Green Design Strawbale greenhouse • Made from local straw bales (R-43 walls) • Earthen & Lime-cement plaster • Solar thermal heating system with biodiesel back-up heating system

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast Living Systems: Green Design Strawbale greenhouse • Steel roof (very durable) • Roof used for water encatchment • Simple solar shower unit

Renovation of farmhouse • Turn B&B into power station • Turn gardens into grocery store • Energy conservation with landscaping

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast Living Systems: Natural Home • No-VOC products (paints, sealers, caulks) • Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified woods • Recycled products (tiles made from recycled windshield glass) • Eco-cleaners, organic/natural linens

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast Renewable Energy Systems: 10 kW Bergey Wind Turbine • • • •

120-foot tower Produces over 9,500 kWhs/year Grid-interconnected system Net cost $16,000, after Focus on Energy cash-back award

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast Renewable Energy Systems: .7 kW Photovoltaic (PV) System • 4 170-Watt Suntech modules • Cantilevered off equipment shed • Meets about 2% annual electricity needs • Net cost $4,285, after Focus on Energy cash-back award

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast Renewable Energy Systems: • Net Producer of Electricity on Annual Basis

• Reduce Ecological Footprint

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast Renewable Energy Systems: Solar Thermal System for Hot Water • 3 collectors • Capture heat from sunlight to heat water for domestic use • Estimated payback of less than 5 years

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast Renewable Energy Systems: Woodstove for Winter Heat • Return to the hearth • Locally available wood at little or no cost • EPA certified, air-tight design (post 1990)

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast Renewable Energy Systems: Biodiesel • Processing used fryer oil using “appleseed processor” • $.90/gallon, about 4 hours per batch • Use in back-up heating systems (#2 fuel oil), portable heating units • Use in VW Jetta TDI

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast Renewable Energy Systems: Off-Grid PV System and EV Car •

.5 kW PV system for charging all-electric CitiCar

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Back-up electricity for greenhouse Recharging electric mower Striving toward carbon-negative Complete elimination of fossil fuels

CASE STUDY Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast Renewable Energy Systems: Energy Conservation & Energy Efficiency • ENERGY STAR appliances - Maytag Neptune, Sun Frost refrigerator • Compact fluorescent bulbs • Low-E window inserts • Line-dried laundry • Faucet aerators, caulking, hot water wrap

www.ruralrenaissance.org www.innserendipity.com www.ecopreneuring.biz Books by Lisa Kivirist & John Ivanko Rural Renaissance: $19 (22% off list price) Edible Earth (cookbook): $11 (22% off list price) Least Imperfect Path (ecotourism traveloque): $6 (50% off)